Logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group has promoted Vanita Dass-Puri (pictured, left) to the role of head of HR and recruitment following the combination of its internal human resources and recruitment teams to support international expansion.
With more than five years of experience at Europa and 15 years overall, Dass-Puri will lead a team of 25 professionals based at its head office in Dartford, as well as the HR business partners based locally at its 26 sites in the UK, Europe and internationally. The partners will blend the overarching HR function into all operational teams, enabling better staff engagement and stronger business partnerships through facilitating, supporting, and empowering team members.
According to the firm, which aims to promote an employee every week, this team change will improve the employee journey, with recruitment, HR, payroll, learning and development all part of one structure and team. The aim is to support staff from their first interview, to their first annual appraisal and throughout their career development.
Tom Jenkins, central services director at Europa Worldwide Group (pictured, right), said: “We are delighted that Vanita has been promoted to become our first head of HR and recruitment, ensuring a more seamless experience for new team members joining Europa Worldwide Group, as well as supporting existing staff.
“Vanita has been with Europa for more than five years and has made a great impression during that time, from innovatively recruiting in the middle of Covid-19, to helping support our international growth and expansion. She has done a brilliant job of supporting business growth through her leadership and development of the recruitment team and ensuring all vacancies are filled by the in-house team.”